Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion